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On 6/15/2010 10:36 PM, Lobby Dosser wrote:
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On 6/15/2010 8:21 PM, Lobby Dosser wrote:
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On 6/15/2010 3:46 AM, Lobby Dosser wrote:
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On 6/13/2010 1:17 AM, Lobby Dosser wrote:
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Andrew Barss wrote:
Ed Pawlowski wrote:
I'm willing to share in the everyday risk we all encounter,
but I'm not willing to pay for every daredevil that wants to
set a
record.


Vey well put.

-- Andy Barss

Except that neither of you are paying for it.


What is "it"? If the 16yo now rescued, then probably quite
correct.
But
there are more than enough potential stunters to go around.

Do you consider singlehanded ocean sailing to be "stunting"?

When it's been done, yes.

What do you mean by "when it's been done"? You seem to be unaware
that
there has been a regularly scheduled singlehanded transatlantic race
since 1960, and a singlehanded round the world race held every four
years since 1982, and that the first singlehanded circumnavigation
was
in 1898.

If singlehanded ocean sailing is a "stunt" then the Olympics is a
"stunt".

It is. Or at least has become such.

I see. So is major league baseball a stunt?

No. It's entertainment.

So how is the Olympics different from major league baseball?


Politics.

So "politics" is what determines whether something is a "stunt" or
"entertainment" or "a sporting event"? The defense rests.



What are you defending?